Secrets of Astrals, Mounts, and Kings

Secrets of Astrals, Mounts, and Kings of Lucis

Discover the everlasting secrets from some of the more important features in your Citadel. Each Astral, Mount, and King of Lucis has the potential for more than just increasing your combat stats. Whether it’s increasing the drops in the Guild Adventure Hall or reducing the cost of training troops, you’ll find these extra benefits here. 

For more extras like this, check out Hero Secrets and Dark Hero Secrets. 

To make this guide useful for all server timelines, you might find some of the stats to be outdated. Yet some players will see that many stats are beyond what they are currently using. With that said, each timeline can use the levels posted to see where they stand. This could also help younger servers plan for the future to see which features will be the most important to focus on.

Helpful Hints

If you’re wondering what some of these boosts mean, it’s not a secret anymore! Here are a few descriptions of what they mean:

Efficiency and Speed – The formula is Original Cost/(1+Efficiency or Speed) = Your Cost. 

100% Efficiency or Speed ends up as a 50% reduction in cost.

Persistent – Persistent boosts apply at all times, even if that feature isn’t active. Examples of persistent boosts are Mastery Skills, “Powers of” skills, Tutelage, and more. 

Passive – Passive boosts apply with no work on your part. No need to add to a march or activate anything beyond unlocking or leveling. Examples of passive boosts are Kings of Lucis and items in the Oracle Temple.

Astral Secrets

The Astral Shrine is where you can find all the Astrals under your command. As you level up the building, you also gain a +1 to your Astral March Size. You can also add two more in Astrals research at the University, as well as buy a couple of extra in pack purchases.  

If you haven’t already unlocked Multi-Astral Defense through Astrals research or Luna’s Mastery Skills, then you will find it at Astral Shrine level 9. Multi-Astral Defense is a game-changer and allows you to use all the Astral’s skills on defense as long as they are in your empire!

Once you get to levels 10+ you’ll get boosts as it is leveled up as an Auxiliary building. 

**SECRET TIP: The higher your Astral level, the faster their HP will regenerate.**

What to Look For

Astral skills are mostly combat-related but you will find more than just a straight-out stat increase. Here are some of the unique skills that will help you out:

• As Mirror Hero Troops are released there will be corresponding skills in each Astral’s trees to increase some of the Mirrors’ stats. 
• The Astrals Shiva, Leviathan, and Ifrit were released before the Dark World and have skills for Dark Infusion Strength which will help them with the assimilation of Dark World stats as their pre-dark strength just won’t cut it. 
• Multipliers will increase all of those stats by a percentage, so don’t skip out on these evergreen boosts! 100% more of an attack boost is going to do you good whether your attack is at 500M% or 50KT%. 
• Specialties are multipliers that apply in a particular combat scenario, like Crystal battles as opposed to City Assault. 

Astral Shrine: Levels 1-8 were used to give you additional Astrals and level 9 unlocked Multi-Astral Defense. All future levels of the Astral Shrine provide boosts as an Auxiliary Building.

Power of Astrals: This is another persistent skill tree like Mastery Skills or Power of Kings. These boosts will apply even if the Astral isn’t present during combat. In these skills trees, you will find combat boosts including the Astral Limit Breaks. The Power of Astrals skills is only used for Shiva, Titan, Ramuh, and Bahamut.

Shiva, Goddess of Ice

The Astral Shiva specializes in Ice Elementals and Mage troops.

Levels 1-50:

• None 

Levels 51-150:

• None (Unless you’re pre-dark, then the Shatter: 50% Anti-Attack Shredding is useful!)

Levels 151-200:

• None

Levels 201-250:

• None

Levels 251-350:

• None

Levels 351-400:

• March Boost – Increases Dark Core and Dark Elemental March Sizes up to 250B as well as their Rally Capacities up to 750B.
• The GaH: Challenge of the Hexatheon Arena Item – Leveling this skill increases the number of items as well as drop additional items. 
  • Skill Level 1: Drop quantity increases – 
    • Astral Empowerment Sigils level 4 and 5
    • Hatching Stones for Grenade Parade, Stormfeather, Nightwing Wyvern, Umbral Tonberry King, and Chaos Havoc Fang Monster Champions
    • Chocobo Mount Training Signets Level 4
    • Ebony Chocobo Training Signets Level 2
    • Sinistercorn Training Signets Level 1
  • Skill Level 2: Bahamut Empowerment Sigils Level 6
  • Skill Level 3: Ramuh Empowerment Sigils Level 6
  • Skill Level 4: Titan Empowerment Sigils Level 6
  • Skill Level 5: Ifrit Empowerment Sigils Level 6
  • Skill Level 6: Legendary Winter Gift Monster Champion Eggs (Blue, Red, Gold, Green, Silver, and Blue)
  • Skill Level 7: Winter Gift Monster Hatching Stones
  • Skill Level 8: Power of Astrals Unlock Items
  • Skill Level 9: Power of Astrals Upgrade Items Level 1
  • Skill Level 10: Shiva Empowerment Sigils Level 6
  • Skill Level 11: Power of Mounts Unlocks
  • Skill Level 12: Power of Mounts Upgrade Items Level 1
  • Skill Level 13: Power of Astrals Upgrade Items Level 2
  • Skill Level 14: Somnus Empowerment Sigils Level 1
  • Skill Level 15: Tonitrus Empowerment Sigils Level 1
  • Skill Level 16: Crepera Unlock Items as well as Eggs for Mythical Coeurl of Power and Legendary Clawsome Coeurl Monster Champions.
  • Skill Level 17: Radiant Coeurl Hatching Stones 
  • Skill Level 18: Crepera Empowerment Sigils Level 1 as well as Eggs for Legendary Gamma Sabertusk, Epic Raging Hundlegs, and Legendary Blustering Bulette Monster Champions
  • Skill Level 19: Chickatrice Training Signets Level 1 as well as Hatching Stones for Gamma Sabertusk, Raging Hundlegs, and Blustering Bulette Monster Champions.
  • Skill Level 20: Leviathan Empowerment Sigils Level 6 
    • At this point, Leviathan level 400 had not been released and this was a way to get the level up materials beforehand!

Levels 400-500:

• Dark March Size & Rally – Dark Core, Dark Elemental, and Dark Mercenary March Sizes increased up to 500B each, as well as their Rally Capacities up to 1.5T.

Leviathan, Goddess of the Seas

The Astral Leviathan specializes in Defense, Juggernauts, and Cavalry troops.

Levels 1-50: 

• Spring Water – Mercenary Capacity increased up to 2M.

Levels 51-150: 

• Unlock Champions of Leviathan troops in the Mercenary Pits.
• Spring Water – Mercenary Capacity increased by up to 5M.

Levels 151-200:

• Sea Sustenance – Increases Dark March Size by up to 2M.
• Invigorating Mist – Increases Dark Rally Capacity by up to 6M.

Levels 201-250:

• None

Levels 251-350:

• None

Levels 351-400:

• March Boost – Increased Dark Mercenary and Dark Elemental March Size by up to 700B and Rally Capacity by up to 2.1T.

Levels 401-500: 

• Dark March Size & Rally – Increases Dark Core, Dark Elemental, and Dark Mercenary March size by up to 500B and their Rally Capacity by up to 1.5T.

Ifrit, God of Fire

The Astral Ifrit specializes in City Assault, Fire Elementals, and Warrior troops.

Levels 1-50: 

• Hearthfire – Increases Fire Essence Well production by up to 500%. 

Levels 51-150:

• Unlock Champions of Ifrit in the Mercenary Pits.

Levels 151-200:

• None

Levels 201-250:

• None

Levels 251-350:

• None

Levels 351-400: 

• March Boost – Increases Dark Mercenary and Dark Elemental March Sizes up to 70B each as well as Rally Capacities up to 210B each.

Levels 401-500:

• None

Titan, God of Earth

The Astral Titan specializes in Dark Mercenary combat.

Levels 1-100: 

• Faultline – Increases Dark Mercenary Rally Capacity by up to 18M.
• Volatile Stomp – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size by up to 6M.

Levels 101-250:

• Celestial Reckoning – Reduces Dark Mercenary T2 Armament’s Cost by up to 50% as well as Dark Mercenary Training Speed up to 200%.

Levels 251-300:

• Invigorating Fissure – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 750M and Dark Mercenary Rally Capacity up to 2.25B.

Levels 301-400:

• Dark Merc March – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 10B and Rally Capacity up to 30B.

Levels 401-500:

• Dark Merc March II – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 750B and Rally Capacity up to 2.25T.

Levels 501-600:

• Dark March Size & Rally Capacity – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 1T and Rally Capacity up to 10T.
• Bahamut 600 was also released at the same time as Titan, each with similar yet slightly different focuses with their skills.
• ****Changes to the level requirements to add the first points to each skill were drastically reduced from 518 to 504! This was largely due to YOUR voices being heard, so keep up the good work, everyone!****

SECRET TIP: Using Titan and Bahamut together increases their effectiveness in combat!

Ramuh, God of the Storm

The Astral Ramuh specializes in Dark Elemental combat.

Levels 1-100: 

• Elemental Conjuring – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 100M.
• Positive Charge – Increases Dark Elemental Rally Capacity up to 300M.

Levels 101-250: 

• Elemental Convection – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 500M and Rally Capacity up to 1.5B.

Levels 251-300: 

• Battle Marked – Bonus Dark Essence Production up to 1,000% and Dark Imbued Essence Production up to 100%. Increases Dark Elemental Rally Capacity up to 1.5B.
• Hand of Power – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 500M.

Levels 301-350: 

• Gathering Storm – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 2B and Rally Capacity up to 6B.
• Marvelous Monsoon – Bonus Dark Essence Well Production up to 1,000% and Dark Imbued Well Production up to 25%.

Levels 351-400: 

• March for Ether – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 15B and Rally Capacity up to 45B.

Levels 401-500:

• Dark March Size & Rally – Increases Dark Core, Dark Elemental, and Dark Mercenary March Size up to 500B each and their Rally Capacity up to 1.5T each.

SECRET TIP: Using Ramuh with higher-level Dark Elemental troops will increase his effectiveness in combat.

Bahamut, God of War

The Astral Bahamut has no special focus as his strength is all around Dark Combat.

Levels 1-100:

• Commanding March – Increases Dark March Size up to 200k and pre-dark Troop March Size up to 100M.
• Gift of Courage – Increases Dark Rally Capacity up to 400k and pre-dark Troop Rally Capacity up to 300M.

Levels 101-250: 

• Blademaster – Tier 6 Dark Troop Cost Reduction up to 25% and Training Speed Reduction up to 25%.
• Righteous Defender – Increases Dark Troop Hospital Capacity up to 200M.

Levels 251-300: 

• Ultima Beam – Increases Dark Troop Hospital Capacity up to 500M, Dark March Size up to 500M, and Dark Rally Capacity up to 1.5B.

Levels 301-350: 

• Light the Way – Increases Dark March Size up to 1.5B and Dark Rally Capacity up to 4.5B.

Levels 351-400:

• Light From Above – Increases Dark March Size up to 10B and Dark Rally Capacity up to 30B.

Levels 401-500:

• Cost Reduction Boost – Tier 15 Dark Troop and Trap Cost Efficiency up to 50% and Tier 15 Dark Troop and Trap Training Speed up to 50%.

Levels 501-600:

• Luminous Army – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 1T and Rally Capacity up to 10T.
• Titan was also increased to 600 at the same time as Bahamut. They both have very similar skills, each with a different focus on combat style.
• ****Changes to the level requirements to add the first points to each skill were drastically reduced from 518 to 504! This was largely due to YOUR voices being heard, so keep up the good work, everyone!****

SECRET TIP: Bahamut and Titan together boost each other’s strength making them even stronger in battle. 

Mount Secrets

 

Similar to Astrals, Mounts can be sent along in a march. Although unlike Astrals, the current march capacity for Mounts is one. Since you can only have one Mount active at a time, that also means you can only have one march with a Mount added and that will leave your empire without a Mount to defend against incoming attacks. 

• Endurance helps boost the Mount’s Attack only while defending.
• Strength helps boost the Mount’s Attack only while attacking.
• Rank determines the overall combat effectiveness.

Royal Stables: Levels 1-3 were only for adding the first three Mounts, while the additional levels turned this building into an Auxiliary Building which provides extra boosts to your Mounts. 

Power of Mounts: These secondary skill trees provide persistent boosts and are similar to the Power of Kings. Only the War-Trained Chocobo, Ebony Chocobo, Sinistercorn, Lucky Chocobo, and Anak Stag have the Power of Mounts skills. 

War-Trained Chocobo

This Mount specializes in Dark Troops and Dark Cavalry.

Levels 1-50:

• None

Levels 51-150: 

• Nurturing Instinct – Increases Dark Troop Hospital Capacity up to 200M and Dark Healing Speed up to 300%.
  • SECRET TIP: Use the War-Trained Chocobo when the Carbuncle Realm has healing costs to save Gold!

Levels 151-200: 

• Growing Bonds – Increases Dark March Size up to 800M and Dark Rally Capacity up to 2.4B.
• Welcoming Aura – Tier 7 Dark Troop Cost Efficiency and Training Speed up to 50%.

Ebony Chocobo

This Mount specializes in Dark Mercenaries and Dark Guardians.

Levels 1-50:

• None

Levels 51-100:

• None

Sinistercorn, Devourer of Worlds

Levels 1-50:

• None

Autumn Griffon, Ruler of the Brave Skies (11/2019 server 1)

Winter Griffon, Aspect of the Arctic (12/2019 server 1)

These limited edition Mounts were each only available for a month. They both share the same secrets:

• Airborne Escort – Increases Dark March Size up to 3B and Rally Capacity up to 9B.
• Griffon Guide – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 4B and Rally Capacity up to 12B.
• Help From Above – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 3B and Rally Capacity up to 9B.

Lucky Chocobo, Fortune favors the bold

Levels 1-10:

• Loyal Servant – Increases Dark March Size up to 5B and Rally Capacity up to 15B.
• Mercenary Leader – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 5B and Rally Capacity up to 15B.
• Elemental Leader – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 5B and Rally Capacity up to 15B.

Anak Stag, Spirit of Myrlwood Forest

Levels 1-10:

• Mother Nature – Increases Dark March Size up to 6B and Rally Capacity up to 18B.
• Persistence of the Herd – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 6B and Rally Capacity up to 18B.
• Forest Scout – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 6B and Rally Capacity up to 18B.
• Depths of Darkness – Increases Monster Troop March Size up to 4M and Rally Capacity up to 12M.

Emerald Chocobo, Sturdy and Trustworthy

Levels 1-5:

• Loyal Essence – Increases Dark March Size up to 6B and Rally Capacity up to 18B.
• Chocobo Herding – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 6B and Rally Capacity up to 18B.
• Mountain Scout – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 6B and Rally Capacity up to 18B.
• Monster Herder – Increases Monster Troop March Size up to 2B and Rally Capacity up to 6B.

Chickatrice, Protector of Innocence

Levels 1-50:

• Bird’s Eye View – Increases Dark March Size up to 90B and Rally Capacity up to 270B.
• Calling Reinforcements – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 60B and Rally Capacity up to 180B.
• Healing Flaps – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 60B and Rally Capacity up to 180B.
• Feathers Touch – Increases Monster Troop March Size up to 8B and Rally Capacity up to 24B.

Matriarch Garula, Protector of the Herd

**A special Mother’s Day Mount**

Levels 1-50:

• Family Gathering – Increases Dark March Size up to 400B and Rally Capacity up to 1.2T.
• Matriarchs Calling – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 400B and Rally Capacity up to 1.2T.
• Keeping in Touch – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 400B and Rally Capacity up to 1.2T

Behemoth, King of the Beasts

Levels 1-50:

• The Herd – Increases Dark March Size up to 900B and Rally Capacity up to 2.7T.
• Leader of the Wild – Increases Dark Elemental March Size up to 900B and Rally Capacity up to 2.7T.
• All Together – Increases Dark Mercenary March Size up to 900B and Rally Capacity up to 2.7T.

Red Sea Devil, Heavy Attacker

Levels 1-50:

• Lots of debuffs when used in offensive attacks.

Blue Sea Devil, Heavy Defender

Levels 1-50:

• Lots of debuffs against incoming attacks.
• Great for offensive attacks, too!

Hundlegs, Skittering Menace

This Mount has the first Training Skills tree which provides persistent boosts to your empire.

Levels 1-50: 

• Training Skill Tree: Dark Elemental Cost Efficiency – 50% Dark Elemental Essence Level 4 Promotion Cost Efficiency.

Blue Kingatrice, The Protector

• Offers a lot of defensive boosts and enemy debuffs!
• Training Skill Tree: Core Troop Efficiency –  Increases Tier 17 Dark Core Troop and Traps Training Efficiency by up to 50% and their Training Speed by up to 25%.

Red Kingatrice, The Thrasher

• Offers a lot of offensive boosts as well as Monster and Troop Supplies stats!
• Training Skill Tree: Core Troop Efficiency –  Increases Tier 17 Dark Core Troop and Traps Training Efficiency by up to 50% and their Training Speed by up to 25%.

These two Kingatrice Mounts Training Skills are identical, and since these boosts are persistent, you get double stats if you skill them both.

Kings of Lucis Secrets

Inside the Conclave of Lucis, you will find the Kings of Lucis. These are the spirits of the ancient Lucian Kings which will provide your troops with passive boosts. 

• Summoning Power: Each Lucian King’s Summoning Power provides your troops with increased attack and health benefits. *This works similar to a troop stat multiplier.* You will also get an extra 5% increase in Summoning Power when acting in defense!
• Kings of Lucis are not added to a march, but the skills and boosts will still apply in battles that take place outside of your empire.

If you are reading this because the Conclave of Lucis and Somnus were just released, don’t forget to do the King of Lucis Guild Research for even more boosts!

Conclave of Lucis: This building only has one level and each King of Lucis is unlocked with their own unlock tokens.

Tutelage: As of now, the only King of Lucis who has a secondary skill tree is The Wise. As more get increased levels, there’s sure to be more persistent skill trees added to the other Kings. Will they also be called Tutelage? Only time will reveal that secret.

Somnus, the Mystic

Levels 1-50:

• None

Tonitrus, the Fierce

Levels 1-50:

• None

Crepera, the Rogue

Levels 1-50: 

• Impenetrable Numbers – Increases Dark Core Troops, Dark Mercenary Troops, and Dark Elemental Troops March Size up to 80B each and Rally Capacity up to 240B each.

The Wise, Winged Protector

Levels 1-50: 

• Legions Of a King – Increases Dark Core Troops, Dark Mercenary Troops, and Dark Elemental Troops March Size up to 400B each and Rally Capacity up to 1.2T each.

Levels 51-100:

• The first King of Lucis to have a second skill tree. The Wise Tutelage is a persistent boost that applies no matter which King of Lucis you have active.

The Wise Tutelage: 

• Dark Elemental Cost Efficiency – Level 4 Dark Essence Promotion Cost Efficiency up to 100%.
• ***Skill points can be added to any node with no prerequisites, so you can max out any skill at any time. Or you can spread out your skill points to maximize the range of your boosts.***

The Conqueror, Champion of Chaos

Levels 1-50: 

• A Conqueror for the Ages – Dark Neutral City Assault March Speed up to 200%. Useful when you NEED to get to the cities faster than ever!

The Clever, Cunning Savant

Levels 1-50:

None

The Wanderer, the Stalwart Nomad

Levels 1-50:

None

What Does the Future Hold?

As time goes by, there will be more secrets uncovered in newly added skills for these features. Since more information is power, this guide will be updated in the future to reflect these additions. If you have any suggestions for extra tips and secrets for this guide, please let me know! 

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